Author Feedback: I'm glad you thought so highly of it, I wanted to be sure that the characters reacted in a realistic way to how they've been in the show and the comics. But it's better when other people say it instead of me because then I believe them. Thanks a bunch for the feedback.

Author Feedback: Lol, well, you know there's no evidence at present that Faith is actually dead. Dying and dead are two entirely different things. As for the sequel, I have an idea in my head but I've got quite a few other fics going and I can't afford to stretch myself too thin with them. Hopefully I'll get to one soon.

Author Feedback: No one ever seems to like this ending, I really don't get it. Just kidding, I get it. But hey, at least you have your own ending to give you the ending you really want right? That's something isn't it? I like to think so. I suppose Satsu sorta overreacted to everything, but life is nothing without its overreactions sometimes, or at least I like to think so anyway. I'm not sure more punching and stabbing is the best solution to the problem, but I guess if that's what you want I can't stop you. Thanks for all the feedback, and I hope you don't hate me too much so that if I ever write some kind of sequel, you'll read it and everything else I'm writing too.

Author Feedback: Begging always helps. I could do with some begging. Course, that's gonna be an issue when I don't deliver right away. Might create less begging. And don't worry, any feedback is better than no feedback, though I am partial to profound feedback. Glad you liked the story though. It seems hard to get people to actually give feedback on other stuff, but I'll survive on this stuff. Thanks a lot for the feedback, it's appreciated.

Author Feedback: I'm so glad that you thought it was a great story. Unfortunately, I may have to leave you hanging like that for a very long time. Hopefully not too long, but it could be. I'll try my best to follow up after I'm done a bunch of other stories. Thanks for the feedback though, it's always appreciated.

Author Feedback: You kinda did ask for more and you kinda did get it didn't you? Which means if anyone's to blame for how it's ending, people should be looking in the mirror. Just kidding, I love you guys. Feel free to make up a happy ending in your mind if you like, but I may get around to making up my own one day. Until then, you can have whatever makes sense to you. Thanks a lot for the feedback, it helps the writing along.

Author Feedback: Hehe, yeah, but if I did everything that people wanted me to when writing, then the story wouldn't have ended the way it did, would it? So if I can live with people hating me for ending things the way I did, then I can live with not getting feedback on my other fics.

It'd just be nice sometimes to know that people were expanding their fanfic pallet and reading something else for a change. So many people like the way I write Buffy and Faith, my other stories have Buffy and Faith in them too, they just aren't featured as much. Can't blame a guy for trying. But hey, life goes on and so does my fic writing. Hopefully I'll get back to this story in the future if my other writing goes well. Thanks a lot for the feedback.

Author Feedback: Glad you'll be around. Seems like a lot of other people will be around too. That's good, could always use more fans. I hope that I'll one day be able to write a sequel, but now is not that time I guess. Still, there are lots of my other stories for people's reading pleasure if they wanna read something interesting. Thanks for the feedback.

Author Feedback: Heh, I'll be sure to give it some honest thought as to whether or not I want her to live. But even if I did decide which to do, it'd still be a while before I actually got around to writing it. Maybe if I got the kind of feedback on my other stories that I did on this one I could speed up writing those ones and finish them so I can get back to this one. Just a thought, you don't have to take it. Thanks for the feedback.

Author Feedback: Well that's good, it's been a mixed bag of responses. Some people say they really like the cliffhanger stuff, other people say they hate it. Glad you said you liked it, because then I must be doing something right. Thanks a bunch for the feedback.

Author Feedback: Lol, well, since you asked so nicely... *starts writing*... oh, wait, that's an entirely different story. Ah well, I've started this new one I might as well continue. As for the answer to your question, I already know the answer. But telling you would defeat the purpose of ending things on a cliffhanger.

I've got a couple questions for you though. What if it's both? And what if Faith didn't even hear what Buffy said? It could be neither or all three. Do you really wanna find out? Thanks for all the great feedback, it makes my next story better.

Author Feedback: Lol, I'm sure there are other people out there who were gonna write a non-happy ending for the fics they're writing. Your ending would only be ruined if you had planned on the same ending, or a similar ending. I'm glad you thought my ending was perfect. I can live with you loving my work too. I suppose I have a penchant for bad fuffy endings, hmm, maybe I should work on that. Thanks for reading and feedbacking though.

Author Feedback: go ahead now, yes yes yes, and YES! I can just keep you hanging here. It's sorta what felt right to me for all the characters. Like I mentioned before though, I might write a sequel somewhere down the line, but I gotta be moving on for right now. I hope you'll stick around and read my other stuff though. You never know, one of them one day might be a sequel. Thanks for enjoying and feedbacking.

Author Feedback: Heh, well at least you attempted to calm down before attacking me. That counts for something at least. I'm sorry for giving you lynchy feelings, but that's how this story has to end for me, for now anyway. It makes me glad to hear you say that it was so Buffy, not sure about the tragic part. You enjoyed the agonizing pain and suffering... you might wanna talk to someone about that and deal with that. It could be a problem. The only dream sequence event that I can think of is in another fic I'm gonna write called "Just a Dream", but that's a long way off. Feel free to keep wishing though. Thanks a bunch for leaving feedback, it makes writing easier.

Author Feedback: Sorry, no joking around for me this time. That's how it's gotta end for the next very long time. Other stuff has to come first, and I had to end it on a very fuffy moment so... there it is. I hope you can still read my other stuff and enjoy it just as much as you seem to enjoy this one. Thanks a lot for giving feedback.

Author Feedback: So many people have expressed their sadness over the ending. It's actually surprising. I was expecting more of an angry reaction because things didn't turn out the "way they were supposed to". Things have been overwhelmingly positive if not a little teary eyed. Which is interesting. I can also live with your description of "wonderful fic". That's perfectly okay with me. Thanks so much for the feedback and I hope you'll attempt to enjoy anything else I might write in the future.

Author Feedback: Actually, interestingly enough, I had a 5th option in mind for how the sequel would turn out if I were to get around to writing it. But it might trample on another story. No reason to get predictable, right? I did consider the four suggestions you made as possible outcomes however, so good on you for thinking ahead. I may just have to leave well enough alone with this story though. Long stories with no end in sight generally don't end. I'm glad you thought the story was so good, I often wonder how people feel about my stuff. Thanks for all the great feedback and I hope it continues no matter what I might write.

Author Feedback: Wouldn't killing another slayer because she thought she was less than human, make Satsu less than human by extension? The only monster involved in this situation though was the green eyed one. It makes people crazy don'tcha know?

As for Buffy, desperate times call for desperate measures, and yelling at Faith always made sense and worked in the past. No reason it shouldn't now.

I appreciate all your comments and hope that you might want to read my other stuff later, I don't always write Buffy the way I did in this fic. Maybe you'll like the next one. Thanks again.

Author Feedback: Aww, thanks. Yeah, I suppose you wouldn't be too surprised by the ending. "Happily ever after" is not my middle name, but I think it'd be cool and sort've ironic if it were. At least one person won't be stabbing me for not writing a continuation, that's a plus. One down, 600 to go. Thanks so much for reading and enjoying my fic, it makes writing what's next even easier.

Author Feedback: I'd really like to help you out. But how it would go after that point is too complext to sum up in a single epilogue. Plus it'd kill any chance at a really decent sequel. Can't do that to myself. Sorry As much as I'd like to, not so much. But I wanna go back to this eventually so maybe you'll get lucky. Thanks for all the great feedback.

Author Feedback: Yeah, sorry, that's really the end. At least for now anyway. But I'd like to point out that a lot of people wanted me to continue this fic after the first chapter and... well, look what happened. Are you really sure that you'd want me to continue? Thanks very much for liking the story though, I hope you'll enjoy whatever else I write even if it's not a sequel to this here.

Author Feedback: Well you know, I sorta ended it this way because the challenge specifically requires the story to be fuffy. If I'd ended it any other way I might get disqualified. That wouldn't be right. I'm glad you think there isn't any reason to lynch me though, cause that would've seriously sucked. I'd rather be shot in the back of the head from far away with a high-powered rifle. Don't have to see it coming that way. Thanks for saying you'd write a sequel if I wrote one and that you enjoyed the story.

Author Feedback: I'm sorry, I'd really like to help you but at this point I've got a few other fics that got put on the backburner thanks to this little gem and I really can't go around neglecting them anymore. Don't lose hope however that you might actually see a continuation of some kind here though.

My Forgotten Conscience series (sequeled by She Who Was My Love, and Mothers) still has one or two more stories left in that 'verse to tell and I finished that one almost 2 years ago or so. I just have too many other stories to tell first. I wouldn't have ended things the way I did in this fic if I didn't think there'd be more stories to tell somewhere down the line. Now is not when I'm gonna actually do that though. Thanks for enjoying the story.